Detections
Analytics
CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : openssl (CESA-2009:0004)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 35310
Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated OpenSSL packages that correct a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5.This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
OpenSSL is a toolkit that implements Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols as well as a full-strength, general purpose, cryptography library.
The Google security team discovered a flaw in the way OpenSSL checked the verification of certificates. An attacker in control of a malicious server, or able to effect a 'man in the middle' attack, could present a malformed SSL/TLS signature from a certificate chain to a vulnerable client and bypass validation. (CVE-2008-5077)
All OpenSSL users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. For the update to take effect, all running OpenSSL client applications must be restarted, or the system rebooted.
Solution
Update the affected openssl packages.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?fe15c5e8
http://www.nessus.org/u?7ef0e5b4
http://www.nessus.org/u?5c467ba9
http://www.nessus.org/u?5c2df4d6
http://www.nessus.org/u?3237a6d9
http://www.nessus.org/u?699759fd
http://www.nessus.org/u?4a33d5b8
http://www.nessus.org/u?ccd277d4
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 35310
File Name: centos_RHSA-2009-0004.nasl
Version: 1.20
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 1/8/2009
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssl-perl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssl096b, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openssl097a, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/7/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-5077, CVE-2009-0021, CVE-2009-0046, CVE-2009-0047, CVE-2009-0048, CVE-2009-0049, CVE-2009-0124, CVE-2009-0125, CVE-2009-0127, CVE-2009-0128, CVE-2009-0130